''Triprion'' is a genus of
frog
A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-frog" '' Triadobatrachus'' is ...
s (the shovel-headed tree frogs) in the family
Hylidae
Hylidae is a wide-ranging family of frogs commonly referred to as " tree frogs and their allies". However, the hylids include a diversity of frog species, many of which do not live in trees, but are terrestrial or semiaquatic.
Taxonomy and ...
found in the Pacific lowlands of
Mexico
Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guate ...
, the
Yucatán Peninsula
The Yucatán Peninsula (, also , ; es, Península de Yucatán ) is a large peninsula in southeastern Mexico and adjacent portions of Belize and Guatemala. The peninsula extends towards the northeast, separating the Gulf of Mexico to the north ...
, and
Guatemala. These frogs hide in tree-holes and plug the entrance with their strange-looking, bony heads.
Species
Three species in this genus are recognized:
* ''
Triprion petasatus'' - Yucatán shovel-headed tree frog
* ''
Triprion spatulatus
''Triprion spatulatus'' is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is Endemism, endemic to the Pacific lowlands of western Mexico between the Sinaloa and Oaxaca states. It is known by several common names: shovel-headed treefrog, Mexican shov ...
'' - Mexican shovel-headed tree frog
* ''
Triprion spinosus'' - Spiny-headed tree frog
References
External links
* . 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October 2007)
''Triprion'' Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: Apr 24, 2008).
*
eb application 2008. Berkeley, California
''Triprion'' AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: Apr 24, 2008).
* taxo
''Triprion''at http://www.eol.org.
* Taxo
''Triprion''at https://www.itis.gov/index.html. (Accessed: Apr 24, 2008).
* Taxo
''Triprion''at http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm
Hylinae
Amphibian genera
Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope
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